Who has seen the film Babel?

The core theme of the Tower of Babel is also the life center of 2 1 century: communication. The film explores such a contradiction: although we live in a world armed with the latest high technology, global contact has become so easy, but people still can't get rid of alienation and loneliness. At this time, Gonzá lez Inari thought of the story of Genesis, and he thought that the name "Babel" was very suitable for the theme of this film. It tells the story of a United human group, who always want to see things farther and higher, so they began to build a giant tower from the earth to heaven together. When people approached the finish line, God was angry with human arrogance and decided to ruin their plans. He made all the people who participated in the construction of Babel speak a completely different language-immediately made it impossible for them to communicate with each other, so human beings had to give up their plans and go their separate ways. The story of Babel has always been used to explain the origin of diverse human cultures and languages-but for Gonzalez Inarido, this story is a bitter portrayal, and obvious estrangement and misunderstanding have brought about how painful human division is. Recalling why the film was named Babel, he said, "I tried to find a word to cover the theme of human communication-to show its ambition, its beauty and its problems." I have considered many movie titles, but when I think of the story of Genesis, I think it is particularly appropriate, which highlights the metaphorical significance of movies. Although we speak different languages, I believe we all have the same spiritual strength. His first two works were also completed in many shooting locations in many countries and under various shooting conditions. Gonzalez Inarido is quite handy for this, but Babel not only means a more complicated emotional and rational journey, but also represents a process of exploring and discovering other cultures and showing these views through more complicated production methods. When so many cultural views permeate and interweave in the spiritual world and the material world at the same time, it is usually not only a change of personal views on things, but also a creative process of reshaping views. One of the director's main tasks is to avoid using traditional secular views to shape characters in different regional stories. In order to do this, he has always followed the process of "observation and absorption"-in addition to observing the daily customs of the local people, he also used many non-professional actors to truly reproduce the subtle cultural characteristics of the local area. In order to let every story in the film be dominated by the characters in the film and not let his subjective perspective intervene in the story telling, he let these actors who got an electric shock for the first time play freely according to the scene. Many of them have never seen a camera before. Gonzá lez Inarido had the idea of making a film about human disharmony long before he filmed 2 1 gram. Guillermo Arriga, a famous screenwriter, joined hands again, and finished the creation of the trilogy's finale "Babel" after "Love is a Bitch" and "2 1 gram". "Arriga is a genius and an important partner of mine. His works are deep and powerful, and he is well versed in writing skills and proficient. " The director said. The story begins with an American couple who are trapped to survive. During their holiday in Muslim villages in Morocco, they encountered an unexpected tragedy. The local language and culture have always been a mystery. There are similar communication problems between the roles played by Cate Blanchett and Brad Pitt, which shows the gap of intimate relationship. "It looks like an ordinary couple got lost in the desert, but in fact, they are looking for each other in loneliness," said the director. "For me, the story of Richard and Susan is not just a helpless couple lost in the desert. To a greater extent, they are two lovers who have lost respect for each other and go to the desert to regain their old love. These two roles are not difficult to understand. Reminiscent of their loss of a child, this misfortune is enough to bring heavy pain and self-blame. " The director said. This broken relationship leads to another story that is inextricably linked with it. Two Moroccan teenagers accidentally threatened the lives of many people and triggered a series of accidents that they could not imagine would happen all over the world. This story reflects a common communication problem, and the competition between brothers eventually escalated into an innocent wrong choice. For me, the story of "Moroccan Teenager" is not a simple story of a policeman chasing a boy, but a tragedy of the decline of moral values of a very devout Muslim family. In the father's mind, the child shooting on the bus is no more serious than Joseph peeking at his sister taking off her coat. When values are broken, everything is meaningless; When an association collapses, it is not only the association itself that is rotting, but also the related chain. Another story is about a Mexican nanny who works in wealthy California. Her decision to cross the border illegally with two American children changed her fate. Her story represents thousands of illegal immigrants trying to cross the American border-this frustrated life situation is shared by many overseas immigrants, who cannot fully express their strong desire for a better life. The last story happened in the modern city of Tokyo. The widowed father always wants to keep close contact with his deaf daughter. The indifferent girl hopes to satisfy her desire for love through extreme sexual behavior. This story expresses another language-body language. Gonzalez Inarido said, "Communication is not only a verbal word, but also an expression of behavior. In Keiko's case, the Japanese girl lacks maternal love and cannot express herself normally through language. When you can't impress others or be impressed by others with words, the body becomes an alternative tool, a weapon or a way of teasing. " The director said. These four stories all involve the themes of parents and children, tragedy and transcendence, individual and the world-each conveys a desire to communicate. Gonzalez Inarido believes that the visual language of movies is a way for artists to break through geographical areas and communicate with each other, which is exactly the theme he discussed in Babel. "I think language is like a mirage. It gives us wrong information and guidance, and makes us doubt each other in our eyes. I don't think there is a more powerful tool than video and music to break through the barriers brought by language. Images don't need translation, because they can touch everyone. This film is a bit like Esperanto. "He concluded. For alejandro gonzalez inarritu, who was nominated for the Oscar for Best Director, filming itself is a journey of constantly changing perspectives. He thinks this film is his most challenging work so far and has a far-reaching influence on everyone involved in filming. The birth of Babel stems from my desire for spiritual purification, and from the fact that I need to talk about things that are full of my heart and thoughts: the contradictions that are everywhere in the world, which make people feel incredible and extremely painful, affect people near and far, and finally vent them and cause personal destiny tragedy. "

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